Sometimes manufactures use plastic gears as fuses. Sometimes they are used as fuses-- sacrificed to save the rest of the gear train. And sometimes they are used because the manufacturer decided to cheap out. But when a plastic gear splits and can't be replaced, turning a several hundred dollar machine into a doorstop, peak oil can't happen soon enough.
Abusing its own laws? They're the government, for crying out loud. Laws are their toys. They own them. They can do what they want. This notion the the laws are somehow sacrosanct is a decadent Western invention.
You have to buy something with a shiny hologram for it to be legit, even be it merely a Linux dist burnt onto a CD-R.
To be legit in Russia, you have to pay the correct bribes, and follow the correct political line. After all, holograms can be faked, but groveling cannot.
At over 376,000 square feet (34,900 m2) and with six floors above ground and one below, the new library is more than twice as big as the building it replaced.
Libraries also have problems with space. The San Francisco library actually had to shrink its collection when it moved to its new facility, and other libraries are facing similar problems, especially for periodical collections.
No, It didn't have to shrink its collection. It made that choice.
To be a bit more serious: the current bluray of 2001 is regarded as one of the finest vintage releases.
Fine detail sets a new bar for high definition catalog releases. Facial imperfections are a cinch to spot, hair is crisply defined, and the star fields are flawless. I paused on several occasions to note actors' naturally splotchy skin and chipped fingernails. There are even scenes in this transfer that I completely re-watched just to have another chance to explore the intricacies of the sets and props. For the first time, I was able to read all of the small text Kubrick strategically placed across the film. Call me obsessed, but I found myself completely fascinated by these minor details that I'd previously been unable to enjoy. Pay close attention to the barren wilderness in the opening scenes, the space station electronics, and the slightest etchings on the ships floating above Earth. My apologies for sounding like Captain Adjective, but this transfer is just that beautiful.
The opening "Dawn of Man" sequence seems to have been shot entirely at magic hour. The resulting shots are beautiful and really show off this discs flawless handing of color. Just about every scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey looks as though it could have been filmed yesterday. The print is flawless and the images are truly spectacular. This is a must own title on Blu-ray and is the very definition of reference grade.
How do you watch the slow, ponderous, two and half hour cut? Running at the gym? Out the corner of your eye while hacking? In five minute increments? Or do you sit down in a darkened room before a good sized high resolution screen and soak it up?
So it has DRM. So did DVD. Big deal. The practical reality is you pop in the bluray, press play, and watch the movie. There's one "FBI warning". That's all. And then it's on to the overture, and the men in furry suits.
If you truly enjoy vintage films, there are quite a few releases that look less like video, and more like film. There are others that are plagued by sharpening masks and other digital artifacts, but DVD releases had those too. Read the reviews.
How apropos. I've seen two demos of trideo in stores. One was obviously filmed and edited with stereo cameras, and it was kind of neat to see dragons enter the space in front of the TV. The other seemed to have very obvious planes, as though characters in the foreground were confined to two dimensional space, and characters in the background to another. It seemed like such a waste of pixels.
Of course, if you don't have the glasses, all the screens look blurry. I wonder if that "feature" will make them hard to sell.
. It is enough to be able to position an instrument or vocalist along a left to right axis. People really didn't care that the second oboe was positioned behind the first bassoon.
You need better speakers. A proper stereo mix is just as three dimensional as 3D TV.
And what's wrong with watching a pretty movie? Does it detract from the credibility of the movie if you can see the gritty grimy streets of 1970s New York in splendid detail?
The SACD of "Dark Side of the Moon" was a pretty good demonstration of what surround audio could do-- and it it came out pretty early. I realize that it isn't the original quadraphonic mix-- but it's still pretty decent.
There are many factors that contributed to the demise of SACD:
Format War: Some pieces came out on DVD-A, some pieces came out on SACD. If you wanted everything, you had to buy two players, or wait for someone to release a universal one.
SACD: we've plugged the analog hole! Want to listen to "Kind of Blue" on your computer? You're out of luck. Want to rip it to a MP3? Sorry. Want to bass manage the mix so that you don't need full range speakers in the back? Better get a really expensive receiver that can bass manage a 6 channel analog mix.
Bad Mixes: Some labels were known for releasing a synthesized reverb mix-- about the same as playing a regular CD and hitting the Logic7/DTS:Neo/DPL2 button.
Some of these problems were fixed. Universal players came out, and Sony hit on the idea of making a hybrid CD/SACD that can even be ripped.
But I think the basic problem with surround sound music is that involves sitting down in one place and actually listening. You can't use headphones. You can't use it as background noise. It's not something that appeals to a mass audience any longer.
"Terroir" is going to be shot to hell by climate change. Sure, you'll still have soil--Chablis is described as flinty, for instance--, but those notes will play second fiddle to temperature and rainfall.
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On the contrary. I think this will blow the de Beers cartel wide open, assuming that a FTL mining vessel could be equipped.
Sometimes manufactures use plastic gears as fuses. Sometimes they are used as fuses-- sacrificed to save the rest of the gear train. And sometimes they are used because the manufacturer decided to cheap out. But when a plastic gear splits and can't be replaced, turning a several hundred dollar machine into a doorstop, peak oil can't happen soon enough.
Abusing its own laws? They're the government, for crying out loud. Laws are their toys. They own them. They can do what they want. This notion the the laws are somehow sacrosanct is a decadent Western invention.
You have to buy something with a shiny hologram for it to be legit, even be it merely a Linux dist burnt onto a CD-R.
To be legit in Russia, you have to pay the correct bribes, and follow the correct political line. After all, holograms can be faked, but groveling cannot.
Perhaps we'll finally see the death of the plastic gear.
From the wikipedia:
At over 376,000 square feet (34,900 m2) and with six floors above ground and one below, the new library is more than twice as big as the building it replaced.
Libraries also have problems with space. The San Francisco library actually had to shrink its collection when it moved to its new facility, and other libraries are facing similar problems, especially for periodical collections.
No, It didn't have to shrink its collection. It made that choice.
If you also factor in the illiteracy rate, it becomes even less of a priority.
The literate can get by with unicode. The illiterate need h.264.
To be a bit more serious: the current bluray of 2001 is regarded as one of the finest vintage releases.
Fine detail sets a new bar for high definition catalog releases. Facial imperfections are a cinch to spot, hair is crisply defined, and the star fields are flawless. I paused on several occasions to note actors' naturally splotchy skin and chipped fingernails. There are even scenes in this transfer that I completely re-watched just to have another chance to explore the intricacies of the sets and props. For the first time, I was able to read all of the small text Kubrick strategically placed across the film. Call me obsessed, but I found myself completely fascinated by these minor details that I'd previously been unable to enjoy. Pay close attention to the barren wilderness in the opening scenes, the space station electronics, and the slightest etchings on the ships floating above Earth. My apologies for sounding like Captain Adjective, but this transfer is just that beautiful.
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The opening "Dawn of Man" sequence seems to have been shot entirely at magic hour. The resulting shots are beautiful and really show off this discs flawless handing of color. Just about every scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey looks as though it could have been filmed yesterday. The print is flawless and the images are truly spectacular. This is a must own title on Blu-ray and is the very definition of reference grade.
source
How do you watch the slow, ponderous, two and half hour cut? Running at the gym? Out the corner of your eye while hacking? In five minute increments? Or do you sit down in a darkened room before a good sized high resolution screen and soak it up?
So it has DRM. So did DVD. Big deal. The practical reality is you pop in the bluray, press play, and watch the movie. There's one "FBI warning". That's all. And then it's on to the overture, and the men in furry suits.
If you truly enjoy vintage films, there are quite a few releases that look less like video, and more like film. There are others that are plagued by sharpening masks and other digital artifacts, but DVD releases had those too. Read the reviews.
It's the kind of visual joke suited to 65 mm film, and one that I'm not sure is realizable on DVD.
How apropos. I've seen two demos of trideo in stores. One was obviously filmed and edited with stereo cameras, and it was kind of neat to see dragons enter the space in front of the TV. The other seemed to have very obvious planes, as though characters in the foreground were confined to two dimensional space, and characters in the background to another. It seemed like such a waste of pixels.
Of course, if you don't have the glasses, all the screens look blurry. I wonder if that "feature" will make them hard to sell.
The bluray of 2001 is spectacular. Provided that you have a large enough TV, you can read the zero gravity toilet instructions.
. It is enough to be able to position an instrument or vocalist along a left to right axis. People really didn't care that the second oboe was positioned behind the first bassoon.
You need better speakers. A proper stereo mix is just as three dimensional as 3D TV.
And what's wrong with watching a pretty movie? Does it detract from the credibility of the movie if you can see the gritty grimy streets of 1970s New York in splendid detail?
The SACD of "Dark Side of the Moon" was a pretty good demonstration of what surround audio could do-- and it it came out pretty early. I realize that it isn't the original quadraphonic mix-- but it's still pretty decent.
There are many factors that contributed to the demise of SACD:
Format War: Some pieces came out on DVD-A, some pieces came out on SACD. If you wanted everything, you had to buy two players, or wait for someone to release a universal one.
SACD: we've plugged the analog hole! Want to listen to "Kind of Blue" on your computer? You're out of luck. Want to rip it to a MP3? Sorry. Want to bass manage the mix so that you don't need full range speakers in the back? Better get a really expensive receiver that can bass manage a 6 channel analog mix.
Bad Mixes: Some labels were known for releasing a synthesized reverb mix-- about the same as playing a regular CD and hitting the Logic7/DTS:Neo/DPL2 button.
Some of these problems were fixed. Universal players came out, and Sony hit on the idea of making a hybrid CD/SACD that can even be ripped.
But I think the basic problem with surround sound music is that involves sitting down in one place and actually listening. You can't use headphones. You can't use it as background noise. It's not something that appeals to a mass audience any longer.
Perhaps you are confusing it with "Cotes du Rhone"
while I grudgingly admit that a good champagne is a vairry nahce zing
It sounds like your grudges are affecting your taste.
The goal for anyone drinking wine, beer or liquor should be to get drunk.
Everclear is more efficient.
Australian wines are particularly bad in providing this, although they're hardly the only ones -- "What a lovely label on this Adlleberry Ass Slammer?
These are known by the snobbish as "chick wines".
If you can't appreciate the subtleties of language, how can you possibly begin to understand trademark law?
"Terroir" is going to be shot to hell by climate change. Sure, you'll still have soil--Chablis is described as flinty, for instance--, but those notes will play second fiddle to temperature and rainfall.
Wine trees were imported to Australia.
Hungarian wine grows on trees? I did not know that.
This review suggests that the 480M is good for perhaps 16.1 fps.
What thermal compound did you specify?
He once wrote that when people asked him which was his favorite camera, he answered "The largest one I can carry!"
Or, if he couldn't carry a large enough camera, he would use a pack mule or a converted limousine with purpose built photo platform.
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